Banana-shipping crate.



N0. 790,400. 'PATENTED MAY 20, 1905.

- R'SGHMITZ.

BANANA SHIPPING CRATE.

APPLICATION I'IL'ED JULY 18, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented May 23, 1905.

PATENT ()FFICE.

. BANANA-SHIPPING CRATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 790,400, dated May 23, 1905.

Application filed July 18, 1904- Serial No. 217,003.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK SOHMITZ, a citizen of the United States of America, residing e at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of 5 Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Banana-Shipping Crates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in banana-shipping crates; I and its object is to produceadevice of this class which shall have certain advantages which will appear more fully and at large in the course of this specification.

To this end my invention consists in certain 1 novel features of construction which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described herein.

In the aforesaid drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device, part of the framework being broken away. Fig. 2 is perspective view of the bag, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail perspective showing the manner in which the bag is supported.

Referring to the drawings, A is a frame com- 5 posed of longitudinal slats and connectinghoops in the ordinary way. Within this frame is a bag B, having a conical bottom and an open top like the bags in the crates now commonly in use. The bag B is provided with 3 two plaits b opposite the hoops of the frame A. These plaits are formed, as illustrated in Fig. 8, by taking a fold of the material, laying it against the main web of the material, and sewing it substantially along the central line of the fold. The bag is secured in place by cords O, which pass about the members of the frame A and through the material of the bag B, the cords in each instance passing over and around the plaits, as illustrated: By the use of this plaited construction the bag can be made of much lighter fabric than would otherwise be possible, the plait reinforcing the material and giving it the necessary rigidity at the points of support.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of this construction without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I therefore do not intend to limit myself to the details herein set forth.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a frame, comprising longitudinal slats and connecting-hoops, of a bag suspended within the frame, the material of the bag being sewed into plaits, opposite the hoops, and cords passed around the members of the frame and through the material of the bag adjacent to the plaits.

2. In adevice of the class described, the combination with a frame, comprising longitudinal slats, and connecting-hoops, of a bag suspended within the frame, the material of the bag being sewed into plaits, opposite the hoops, and cords passed around the members of the frame and through the material of the bag and around the-plaits.

In witness whereof I have signed the above application for Letters Patent, at Chicago, in

the county of Cook and State of Illinois, this 9th day of July, A. D. 1904.

FRANK SCHMITZ.

Witnesses:

(HAS. 0. SHERVEY, KATHLEEN CORNWALL. 

